For some the emotion was almost too much:
“Its a nightmare for the whole country, everybody is involved. I was my duty to come here. My feelings are beginning to overwhelm me,” said one man who had paid his respects.

Over half of those that perished in Egypt came from St Petersburg, Russia’s second city.

In honour of those that died a memorial service went ahead at the city’s impressive Kazan Cathedral where the names of the victims were read out.